January 1, 2008 Journal article Open Access

Roberta Sparvoli; P. Picozza; A. M. Galper; V. V. Mikhailov; Marco Casolino; A. A. Leonov; S. V. Koldashov

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      <creatorName>V. V. Mikhailov</creatorName>
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      <creatorName>Marco Casolino</creatorName>
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      <creatorName>S. V. Koldashov</creatorName>
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  <titles>
    <title>Inner radiation belt source of helium and heavy hydrogen isotopes</title>
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  <publisher>INFN Open Access Repository</publisher>
  <publicationYear>2008</publicationYear>
  <subjects>
    <subject>NEANIAS Atmospheric Research Community</subject>
    <subject>Space and Planetary Science</subject>
    <subject>Aerospace Engineering</subject>
    <subject>General Earth and Planetary Sciences</subject>
    <subject>Atmospheric Science</subject>
    <subject>Geophysics</subject>
    <subject>Astronomy and Astrophysics</subject>
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  <dates>
    <date dateType="Issued">2008-01-01</date>
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  <language>en</language>
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    <description descriptionType="Abstract">Nuclear interactions between inner zone protons and atoms in the upper atmosphere provide the main source of energetic H and He isotopes nuclei in the radiation belt. This paper reports on the specified calculations of these isotope intensities using various inner zone proton intensity models (AP-8 and SAMPEX/PET PSB97), the atmosphere drift-averaged composition and density model MSIS-90, and cross-sections of the interaction processes from the GNASH nuclear model code. To calculate drift-averaged densities and energy losses of secondaries, the particles were tracked in the geomagnetic field (modelled through IGRF-95) by integrating numerically the equation of the motion. The calculations take into account the kinematics of nuclear interactions along the whole trajectory of trapped proton. The comparison with new data obtained from the experiments on board RESURS-04 and MITA satellites and with data from SAMPEX and CRRES satellites taken during different phases of solar activity shows that the upper atmosphere is a sufficient source for inner zone helium and heavy hydrogen isotopes. The calculation results are energy spectra and angular distributions of light nuclear isotopes in the inner radiation belt that may be used to develop helium inner radiation belt model and to evaluate their contribution to SEU (single event upset) rates.</description>
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